This volume gives a career-spanning overview of Morocco’s greatest living poet, who inspired a generation of writers and activists. It includes much of the prison-writings of the 1970s, poems that speak from ‘beyond the borders of what is human'.

The Hatred of Music is Quignard’s masterful exploration of the power of music and what history reveals about the dangers it poses. A provocative book, it takes on particular relevance today, as we find ourselves surrounded by music as never before in history.

One day a small boy found a little line lying on the ground. He picked it up, put it in his pocket and forgot about it. But the little line came to life! Enter the magical, creative world of the renowned artist Serge Bloch, where anything can happen.

The first major exhibition to explore Rodin’s fascination with dance and bodies in extreme acrobatic poses. It will explore a series of experimental sculptures known as the Dance Movements made in 1911, offering a rare glimpse into Rodin’s unique working practices.

Catherine the Great's name is shrouded in clichés and rumours. Oleg Erdmann, a Russian filmmaker, wants to portray the "real" empress. But through the USSR's censorship or post-Soviet Russian comericalism, each era creates its own distorted image of Catherine.

A compelling story of a first love that defines a lifetime. Joshua Pearl is from a world that we no longer believe in. His great love is waiting for him in that distant place. Can Joshua remember the past before his love is lost for ever?

Visually powerful and emotionally potent, Such a Lovely Little War is both a large-scale and intimate study of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of the Vietnamese: a turbulent national history interwined with an equally traumatic familial one.

Fabienne Verdier’s first solo exhibition in London will feature large-scale abstract paintings produced over the last year. Verdier uses painting tools of her own invention, which allows her mark making to be a product of the body moving freely.

Arthur is aboard a boat bound for the United States, where a scholarship awaits him, along with the promise of a glittering future. But the few days spent on the ship will have a defining effect on the young Frenchman when he encounters the love of his life.

In this new play by Alexander Zeldin, written through a devising process, the audience are invited to bear witness to an intimate story of three families placed into cramped temporary accommodation in the run up to Christmas.

One of the most acclaimed plays of recent times, Art premiered in London twenty years ago and went on to become a phenomenon. Director Matthew Warchus reunites the original creative team to revisit Yasmina Reza’s study of friendship, prejudice and tolerance.

One of the leading voices in French theatre, Mohamed El Khatib returns to The REP to draw the portrait of Corinne Dadat, a woman who is invisible to most. Blending fiction and documentary, it does not ask for pity, but Corinne Dadat is real.

With this comic tragedy by Patrick Sims’ France-based puppetry company, a cast of taxidermied animals in Elizabethan attire makes a puppet contribution to the perennial Shakespeare debate. This show is part of the London International Mime Festival.

With his surreal trampoline, Mathurin Bolze makes time stand still and operates his own law of gravity. In this sequel to his previous show Fenêtres, the protagonist has a double: is it his brother, his alter ego, or his shadow ? Part of the Mime Festival.

Marée basse – the low tide moment of the day, when everything seems to slow down and thoughts might turn to opening a good bottle. In this show as part of the London International Mime Festival, Sacékripa circus company will open many bottles...

Actors, life-size puppets and video projection come together in this gripping piece of visual theatre that crackles and burns fiercely. Producted by Franco-Norwegian company Plexus Polaire, this show is part of the London International Mime Festival.

When Thomas Azier bought a 1920s upright piano, songs started hitting him like waves. His new release 'Talk To Me' bounced from just piano and voice to his laptop, and back. He started working on his sophomore album, which will be out in 2017. ‘Talk To Me’.

Salif Keita's music blends together the traditional griot music of his Malian childhood with other West African influences, along with influences from Cuba, Spain, and Portugal, and an unmistakably overall Islamic sound.

Wax Tailor is one of the leading voices of the instrumental hip-hop and downtempo scenes. With 4 albums under his belt as well as 2 live albums, over 600 shows in 50 countries, he entices fans worldwide with a unique musical blend of Hip-Hop, Soul and Funk.

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